From our earlier websites
Writing advice, interviews, projects and opportunities from our earlier websites, kept together for you to explore.
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10 July 26 · Opportunities
Give your play a summer glow up! Join us this summer for redrafting prompts, inspiration, advice – all straight to your inbox. Spend the summer getting your play submission ready. How it works: simply click here to sign up to the Big Summer Redraft Mailing List. From 20th July, y
Read with a free account →12 June 26 · Opportunities
The National Theatre are running two free Words from the Wild webinars this July, for emerging or early career writers. Using creative activities and exercises inspired by animals and the natural world, and taking inspiration from the National Theatre’s productions of War Horse a
Read with a free account →16 July 25 · Opportunities
Give your play a glow up! Join us this summer for redrafting prompts, inspiration, advice – all straight to your inbox. We’re also running a series of Zoom sessions where you can discuss the prompts, share your challenges, and generally just stay motivated with a community of pla
Read with a free account →06 June 25 · Guest Post / Inspiration
Screenwriting: The Craft and The Career by Philip Shelley is a new book which is packed with guidance on on everything needed to be a successful screenwriter. The book includes advice on technical elements such as generating compelling story ideas, creating engaging characters, c
Read this article →27 February 25 · Opportunities
HOW TO WRITE A PLAY ✍️ Our new six-part video series, launching as part of the Royal Court Young Playwrights Award, begins today – helping you to start, write and finish your play. Workshop episodes include: Finding Inspiration with Sabrina Ali Creating Characters with Tife Kuso
Read with a free account →12 December 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
EAL CONTENTMENT is a 9-month artist exchange programme that will be the start of a lasting partnership between Manchester and Nanjing, both UNESCO Cities of Literature and UNESCO Cities of Lifelong Learning. Collaborations between six artists – poets, illustrators and playwrights
Read with a free account →12 December 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
The Union Theatre, in association with Off Main Stage, are looking for plays for their inaugural double-night of shorts. As part of the Union Theatre’s in-house productions, the shorts (drama and musicals) will be performed by professional actors in London and directed by industr
Read with a free account →12 December 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
The 2024/25 Prize has no theme. Entrants can write about anything that inspires them. There are five categories, short stories, poetry, children’s literature, scriptwriting and new for this year, Flash fiction. There are three age groups: primary, secondary and over 18’s. Entrant
Read with a free account →12 December 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
Experimental Theater Writing Workshop – Winter 2025 Seeking female or female-identifying experimental writers for the Experimental Theater Writing Workshop. This is a series of ten Zoom classes held Tuesday evenings from 01/07 – 03/11. Classes will consist of discussions of homew
Read with a free account →05 December 24 · Gift Guide / Guest Post
We are seeking a freelance writer to join our team to work with a group of year 6 young people to research and support the development and writing of a 10-minute original audio play script which will be produced by a professional team. WRITER – Buddhism podcast The overarching co
Read with a free account →28 November 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
Take part in our Christmas Raffle for the chance to win a year of dramaturgy from London Playwrights.* Runner up prizes include Script Consulting Packages and an annual membership. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE. Cost: £2 per ticket *A year of Dramaturgy includes monthly meet-ups with a d
Read with a free account →27 November 24 · Digital Resources / Festival
New work is at the heart of the Everyman & Playhouse – and the Playwrights’ Programme is part of our mission to nurture, empower and champion the next generation of writers in Liverpool. It’s a free, ten-month programme led by our New Works Associate, and offers a mixture of faci
Read with a free account →03 October 24 · Opportunities
A one hour session of practical writing exercises to help you get those creative juices flowing and come up with new ideas! We’ll work through a selection of writing exercises during the session which will leave you feeling energised and maybe even plant the seeds for an idea for
Read with a free account →13 September 24 · Opportunities
Our series of lunchtime workshops will take you through a playwriting topic in just an hour – the perfect creative break in your day! This will be a one hour session of practical writing exercises to help you get those creative juices flowing and come up with new ideas! If you at
Read with a free account →09 August 24 · Digital Resources / Inspiration
Kimberley recently joined Paul Kalburgi on the fantastic Writer’s Toolkit Podcast to talk about London Playwrights and how important community is for emerging writers. They shared tips and ideas for how writers can foster their own communities to help support their development an
Read with a free account →25 July 24 · Opportunities
Taking inspiration from the current golden age of television, this course will teach participants the fundamental principles of writing great drama. The course will include sessions on structure, character, dialogue, and what Netflix wants from a great pitch. We will analyse some
Read with a free account →12 June 24 · Digital Resources / News
Get writing inspiration straight to your inbox throughout the summer! It can be hard to keep your writing going during the summer; perhaps you are going on holiday, juggling childcare, or just want to be able to drop everything and head outside when the sun comes out! With this i
Read with a free account →18 January 24 · Opportunities
Our series of lunchtime workshops will take you through a playwriting topic in just an hour – the perfect creative break in your day! This will be a one hour session of practical writing exercises to help you get those creative juices flowing and come up with new ideas! If you at
Read with a free account →21 September 23 · Opportunities
Our series of lunchtime workshops will take you through a playwriting topic in just an hour – the perfect creative break in your day! This will be a one hour session of practical writing exercises to help you get those creative juices flowing and come up with new ideas! We’ll wor
Read with a free account →27 March 23 · Opportunities
Taking inspiration from the current golden age of television, this course will teach participants the fundamental principles of writing great drama. The course will include sessions on structure, character, dialogue, and what Netflix wants from a great pitch. We will analyse some
Read with a free account →03 March 23 · Digital Resources / Inspiration
What happens when you submit your script to a Literary Department? What does a Literary Manager do? What’s the difference between a New Work Associate and a Dramaturg? In this brand new video series from London Playwrights, Kimberley Andrews interviews Literary Managers, Dramatur
Read this article →23 February 23 · Digital Resources / Inspiration
What happens when you submit your script to a Literary Department? What does a Literary Manager do? What’s the difference between a New Work Associate and a Dramaturg? In this brand new video series from London Playwrights, Kimberley Andrews interviews Literary Managers, Dramatur
Read this article →17 February 23 · Digital Resources / Inspiration
What happens when you submit your script to a Literary Department? What does a Literary Manager do? What’s the difference between a New Work Associate and a Dramaturg? In this brand new video series from London Playwrights, Kimberley Andrews interviews Literary Managers, Dramatur
Read this article →20 December 22 · Opportunities
Taking inspiration from the current golden age of television, this course will teach participants the fundamental principles of writing great drama. The course will include sessions on structure, character, dialogue, and what Netflix wants from a great pitch. We will analyse some
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